Kaneenika Janakova

Kaneenika Janakova (born as Tereza Janáková, 1970) is an ultra-distance runner and comes from Cerová near Senica, Slovakia.[1] She has lived in New York for ten years. Janakova is a disciple of Sri Chinmoy.[2] Because of him, she adopted the name Kaneenika which is a Sanskrit word meaning "vision beauty of the inner eye".[3][4]

Biography

In primary school, she didn't run very well, but when she went to high school during socialism she got a gold badge. Her first marathon in 1996 wasn't her best performance, it took her 4 hours and 45 minutes. At the Košický marathon, she was getting better with a time of 4:05. Then she dared to go for longer runs. Between the years 1998 and 2014 she ran 6, 12, 24 and 48-hour races. In 2001 she tried 6-day races for the first time. Later she added a 700-mile race, a 1000-mile race and 10-day races. In 2015 she entered her first 3100-mile race run which lasted 52 days.[5][4]

“Many ultra or multiday runners are very humble and simple people.[4] ”

— Kaneenika Janakova

Races and results
  • Between 2001 and 2006 she completed four 6-day races. Include 713 km for 6 days, 1,170 km for 10 days, 1,000 miles in 15 days,19 hours. All three mark Slovak national records.[4]
  • Top Ten Ranking List 2010 10 day Race, 1st[6][1]
  • World Ranking 48 h women 2011, ninth[7]
  • World Ranking 6 days women 2014, fourth[7]
  • 2017 Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race , 1st, World Record[2][8][1]

References
  1. statistik.d-u-v.org : "Ultra Marathon Statistics". Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  2. srichinmoycentre.org : "New women's world record in 3100 Mile Race 2017". 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  3. sport.aktuality.sk : "ROZHOVOR: Slovenská rekordérka v behu na 4988 km hovorí o svojom úspechu". Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. spectator.sme.sk : "Slovak who ran almost 5,000 km in 48 days: Many ultra-runners are humble people". 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  5. sport.aktuality.sk : "Translated Page / ROZHOVOR: Slovenská rekordérka v behu na 4988 km hovorí o svojom úspechu". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  6. Copress Verlag: Beck, Hubert (2015). Das große Buch vom Ultramarathon / Self-Transcende 6 und 10 Tages Lauf in New York / TOP 10 ever Rankinglist des 10 Tages Laufs. ISBN 9783767920262. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  7. statistik.d-u-v.org : "Personal Best". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  8. spectator.sme.sk : "Slovak beat women's record in world's hardest run". Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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